Radiator-shield for automobiles



F. H. REAM.

RADIATOR SHIELD FOR-AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.9, 1919.

Patented Feb.15, 1921.

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F. H. REAM.

RADIATOR SHIELD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-9, I9I9I 1}, FREE BEAM, or KAN sAsorrY, ivussonnrqj o fnii'nlAffon-jsnrnnn ron' inToMoBInEs.

To all w am it ma concern} be it known thatI, F

citizen of the United States,'and residing in Kansas City, in the county of acksen j and State of Missournliave invented anew and useful hachatonShield,for Automobiles,

I ,ing bolts which'are adapted for through the openin sfin the cellular' fillin e ofthe radiator. Si e plates 18- and 19, an

vlikewisefront plates 20 and 21 are connected between'theheads. A reciprocating bar23,

is disposed vwertically adjacent the inner side t V ofthersideplate 19, andis provided adjacent its upper and lower ends with outwardly projecting pins 24-, which, are extended through slotted apertures 25,, in {theupper 7' and lower portions of the side-plateg19,and a protect the radiator, fromcoldfair to p revent freezing of the watertherein The ob ect of my invention is to: prov de a shield consisting of a'plura'lity of rotatable" shutters whichmay be attached on the cellular filling oftheradiator andga r cipegea't 7 ing bar provided witha plurality, offeanis v having facility'for alternately reciprocating the shutters.

I attain thisobj ect by meansof the mechanism illustrated in: the accompanymg draw ing in 'which- Flgure 1, isa sheet metal blank of one or the shutters; Fig.2, isaisid'e elevationof the shield, the side plate being '25- removed to disclose the crank arms on the shutters and the rec proeat ng ibar forire eiprocatingthe shutters; Fi .f e is a rear elevat1on oifafragmentof thev dev1ce,and

showing the springs ,fo r holding the shutters normally closed; Fig; 4-, is asideelevation of the shield,",pa 'rtlysectioned, to show the means of attaching the device to the radi ator front; andFig. 5, is a 'front elevation V of "thedevice,- partly broken away, to disclose the parts:

The numeral '1, isan oblong plateofsheet metal having ears 2 13, at itsopposite ends. The ear 2, includesaneck portion 4,

and a head portion 5, the lower portion of the latter is cutaway and the cut away portion 6, is bent to form'a guide 7, and there whichareelongated in degreegandiiadapted foro limiting'the vertical movements of .the

reciprocating bar 23. (The pivotpins, 9,, on the'shutters 14,}are looselyfpiyoted in the side plat es 19 andl18, such a manner that Vceive loosely the reciprocatingbar 23, edge- I the "guide 7, on the, crank Iarm 8, shall re-f ,wise. The lower margin ofthe upper head 16, is formed upTfinwardl-y ,to provide a flange 26, which is adaptedto enter the concaved-channel; 11, in; the upper marginof .lower head l7, is formed up outwardly and and connected between thegframe andthc 1 shutter, in such amannergthat theyshall ,concaved to 'formja channel similar to chan- 1 I1Bl;i11,'i11lLllGShllilllGl'S, Coiled springs-27,1 i

are mountedon the pivots 9, on the ears3,

hold the shuttersn ormallyclosed; [The .thetopshutter, and thelupper margin; ofthe reciprocating 'bar fl23,,is 'preferably made Lofa flat barof metal, and whichiscut away;

je'cting cams 28, the contour of the-cams,

from theirnpper partsdownward, a-"down- I wardly beveled edge 29,1111 inwardly curved V I edge30, and a short beveled edge'3l, then a .vertioaledge 32, which'is extended down- Warda suitable'distance adapted for-holding by forming a crank arm 8, the latterwith the neck portion 4;, forming a bell crank. The ears 2 and 3 are bent andeach is provided with a pivot pin 9, which is extended outwardly in the same plane. The upper v margin of the plate is bent on the dotted line 10, to form a concaved channel 11, and the the shutter engaged thereby, wide open during a time interval necessary to allow'the' cams below to open wide the shutters en-- gaged thereby,aswill be further explained.

The reciprocating bar is cut away inwardly r-lIl curved line betweeneach cam, thereby spacing the cams apart, the spacing distance being arranged to allow the-uppermost cam to open wide the shutter engaged thereby,

lower margin of the plate is formed back on v the dotted line 12, to form aflange13 The a plate thus formed up produces a sheet metal shutter 14. 1A frame 15, is provided and adapted for receivingthe shutters 14, and

comprises heads 16 and 17, side plates 18 and 19, and front platesjQO and 21, The t I I rocating bar or', until all the shutters are 7 j' heads 16 and 17, are provided withclarnpbefore the next lower cam shall rotateithe shutter engaged by it,gand so on thereafter at its front edge to formspaced apart proin the series of cams." The timed edge 32,] differs from the timed curved edge 33 the former, in the caseof the uppermost cam, during'the upward movement of the recipe 1' must hold the, shutter engaged by'it open wide open and, in the case of the lower cams, the same condition would-apply. A flexible wire rod 84, is attached on the lower portion of the back edge of the reciprocating bar, and its free end is passed through an upper opening in the cellular filling of the radiedge of the reciprocating bar slidesthrough the guides 7, on crank arms 8, the crank on the uppermost shutter engaging the u yermost: cam and'slidin down the bev elednedge 29, thereon, and-on the-curved ec e 80, and beveled edge-31, to and on the vertical'edge 32, when the shutter will be,

opened wideto occupy a horizontal positionr The reciprocating bar continuing to rise the succeeding cams on the bar will similarly engage the other crank arms and rotate their respective shutters, in turn, one

" after the other; The timing space betwecn the respective cams on 'the bar is arranged to allow the uppermost shutter to open wide before the next lower shutter shall start opening, and so on'down through the series gof shittters.;-T he timing distance of the vertical edge 32, of the uppermost cam, is an ranged to hold the shutter wide open until all shutters are opened wide, and each of the cams are similarly provided with timed vertical edges 32, adapted for holding their respective shutters wide open until all shut- :ters are ope'nedwide; To close the shutters a pushing pressure is applied to the rod 34, when the reciprocating bar will be forced down, when the tension of the springs 27 will rotate the shutters backward to normal closed position, the guides 7 on the crank arms 8, traveling in reverse direction on and over the edges of the cams, the flange 13, on the lowermost shutter entering the channel 11, in the lower head 17, and the channel 11, on the shutter receiving the flange 13, on the next above shutter, the channel on the latter receiving the flange of the uppermost shutter, and the channel of the latter receiving the flange 26, on the upper head 18; thereby the shutters are substantially interlocked in closed position.

It is obvious that the arrangement of the cams on the reciprocating bar, together with the timing thereof to alternately perform their functions, is a provision whereby all the shutters'in a series of shutters may be.

opened wide and'closed, one or more opened and closed, and one or more opened wide and one or more partially opened, so that cold air, rain and snow, may be entirely excluded from the radiator front to prevent freezing of the water therein, and the ad- 7 mission of air to the radiator regulated.

Having described my invention what I claim 18- A radiator shield for automobiles, consisting of a frame, a series of interlocking shutters pivoting in said frame and provided with crank arms having guides, tension springs connected between said frame and said shutters and adapted for holding the shutters normally closed, and a bar slidmounted on said frame and provided with a series of spaced camprojections, the

spaces between the cams successively increasing in distance from the top to the bottom of the bar whereby said cams are adapted to successively engage the guides upon the crank arms for progressively openin the shutters.

ansas City; Missouri, July 31st, 1919.

- FRED H. BEAM.

VWitness'es: j V i r V Ross R; BEAM,

GooDWIN CiiEAsoN. 

